Chord/Tab song: A Bad Penny

...A BAD PENNY... by Cat Stevens


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from 'Buddha And The Chocolate Box' (1974)

Verse 1:

Oh [G]no, [G/F#]dont, [G/F]say those [E7]same idle [Am]lies;
[B7] I've heard them be-[Em]fore, [E+]oh, [Em/D]oh,
[C] This [B7]fool who [Em]left his [G]heart on an early [Asus4]train,[A]
Wont buy no [D]more.[B7][Em][D]

Verse 2:

Oh [G]no, [G/F#]dont, [G/F]use those [E7]same weeping [Am]eyes;
[B7] I'll wipe them no [Em]more, [E+]oh, [Em/D]oh,
[C] I didnt want to [B7]have to be [Em]cruel,
But the [G]truth must be said,
And [Asus4]you ain't [A]heard e-[D]nough.[B7][Em][D]

Chorus 1:

Oh, it was [Am]not so long a-[C]go,,
Since you [Am]wandered out of [C]here.
To be-[Em]come a silver [D]model of a [Am]city on the [C]air.
So dont [A]choke me with your [C]lies,
Because this [Am]man has open [C]eyes;
And I can [G]see..[G/F#].
[G] I can [E7]see, I can [Am]tell. [G7]Ooh, [C]ooh, ooh.

Interlude:

D Bm7 Em G A A7,
[D] [B7] [Em] [D]
Break:

[Bm] I had it e-[Em]nough;
All those [D]sneaky bars and [C]smart parties.
[Bm] Had E-[Em]nough;
All those [D]sweet friends and [C]lovers.

I've, I've [B]had e-[Em]nough;
All those [D]lonely rooms and [C]blank faces.
[B] Had E-[Em]nough;

And I [G]want [D]you, I [G]want [D]you, [G]no [D]more,
I [G]want [D]you, I [G]want [D]you, [G]no [D]more.

Interlude:

[C] [G] [Am] [D7]
Verse 3:

Oh [G]no, [G/F#]dont, [G/F]say those [E7]same idle [Am]lies;
[B7] I've heard them be-[Em]fore, [E+]oh, [Em/D]oh,
[C] This [B7]fool who [Em]left his [G]heart on an early [Asus4]train,[A]
Wont buy no [D]more.[B7][Em][D]

Outro:

B7 Em D, G G7 C G Am,
D E D A, E B E F
G Am G7 C, G Am D Am G

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[G] [G/F#] [G/F] [E7] [Am] [B7]
[EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]200033 [EADGBE]100033 [EADGBE]020100 [EADGBE]x02210 [EADGBE]021200

[Em] [E+] [Em/D] [C] [Asus4] [A]
[EADGBE]022000 [EADGBE]021000 [EADGBE]020000 [EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]x02233 [EADGBE]x02220

[D] [G7] [Bm7] [A7] [D7] [E]
[EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]323000 [EADGBE]x24232 [EADGBE]x02223 [EADGBE]xx0212 [EADGBE]022100

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)